{
  "id": 731593,
  "title": "What Gulf universities can learn from a Cambridge plagiarism scandal",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/13/what-gulf-universities-can-learn-from-a-cambridge-plagiarism-scandal",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-08-13T04:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The National Business",
    "slug": "the-national-business",
    "url": "https://www.thenationalnews.com/opinion/comment/2026/08/13/uk-cambridge-gulf-universities-jason-arday-research/"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "University of Cambridge professor Jason Arday’s resignation – following allegations of plagiarism and scrutiny of his research practices, credentials and biographical claims – has poured fuel on the culture-war fire in Anglo-American society. Mr Arday, who in 2023 became Cambridge’s youngest ever black professor, was accused of research misconduct by another academic last month. While admitting…",
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        "outlet": "The National UAE",
        "title": "What Gulf universities can learn from a Cambridge plagiarism scandal",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/13/what-gulf-universities-can-learn-from-a-cambridge-plagiarism-scandal-731991",
        "published": "2026-08-13T04:00:00.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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